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And There Was Light

The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II

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And There Was Light

By: Jacques Lusseyran
Narrated by: Andre Gregory
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Summary

The book that helped inspire Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See

An updated edition of this classic World War II memoir, chosen as one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, with a new photo insert and restored passages from the original French edition

When Jacques Lusseyran was an eight-year-old Parisian schoolboy, he was blinded in an accident. He finished his schooling determined to participate in the world around him. In 1941, when he was seventeen, that world was Nazi-occupied France. Lusseyran formed a resistance group with fifty-two boys and used his heightened senses to recruit the best. Eventually, Lusseyran was arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp in a transport of two thousand resistance fighters. He was one of only thirty from the transport to survive. His gripping story is one of the most powerful and insightful descriptions of living and thriving with blindness, or indeed any challenge, ever published.

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Critic Reviews

“A magical audiobook, the kind that becomes a classic.”
— Baltimore Sun

“This audiobook is his testament to the joy which exists in all of us, a joy which no conditions — not even the worst — can kill.” — Roshi Philip Kapleau, author of The Three Pillars of Zen

“What normally would seem a tragic plunge into darkness becomes a thrilling journey into light.” — Peter Brook, director of the International Centre for Theatre Research, Paris
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more than loved this book....what a divine man, humble and walks with the gift of life.. God walks with this man.

A true gift

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You could not help but be inspired by this amazing man. His insight into the use of the mind is a real instruction to us all. I'm already working on honing my ability to pay attention, and not to rely on visual perception alone. Highly recommend.

What a man!

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I only listened to about half of this book, and found it a bit hard to believe. All things are possible through God and I am no biblical scholar. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. John 17;17. All truth comes from God and must be tested via his word through the scriptures. I found this man’s story a bit hard to swallow. That is just my opinion.

Hard to believe

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